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Radio 3,08 Mar 2026,360 mins

International Women's Day

Through the Night

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Celebrating women in classical music with a concert from the Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra. They play Louise Farrenc's Symphony no 1 and Clara Schumann's Konzertsatz for piano and orchestra. Penny Gore presents. 12:31 AM Clara Schumann (1819-1896) Konzertsatz in F minor for piano and orchestra Can Çakmur (piano), Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Laurence Equilbey (conductor) 12:44 AM Louise Farrenc (1804-1875) Symphony no 1 in C minor, Op 32 Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Laurence Equilbey (conductor) 01:15 AM Valborg Aulin (1860-1928) String Quartet in F major Tale String Quartet 01:41 AM Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) Nocturne for flute and piano Valentinas Gelgotas (flute), Audrone Kisieliute (piano) 01:44 AM Maria Antonia Walpurgis (Electress of Saxony) (1724-1780) Sinfonia from 'Talestri, Regina delle Amazzoni' - Dramma per musica Batzdorfer Hofkapelle, Tobias Schade (director) 01:51 AM Hildegard von Bingen (1098-1179) Alma Redemptoris Mater & Ave Maria, O auctrix vite Sequentia, Elizabeth Gaver (medieval fiddle), Elisabetta de Mircovich (medieval fiddle) 02:02 AM Dora Pejačević (1885-1923) Piano Quintet in B minor, Op 40 Ida Gamulin (piano), Zagreb Quartet 02:31 AM Grace Williams (1906-1977) Symphony no 2 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Martyn Brabbins (conductor) 03:12 AM Germaine Tailleferre (1892-1983) Sonata for harp Godelieve Schrama (harp) 03:22 AM Marianne Martines (1744-1812) Two arias from 'Sant’Elena al Calvario' Ilona Domnich (soprano), BBC Concert Orchestra, Jane Glover (conductor) 03:36 AM Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre (1665-1729) Sonata in D major for 2 violins and continuo Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director) 03:45 AM Dobrinka Tabakova (b.1980) Pirin for viola Maxim Rysanov (viola) 03:54 AM Ruth Watson Henderson (b.1932) Gloria for SSAA, brass quintet, timpani & percussion Elmer Iseler Singers, Robert Venables (trumpet), Robert Devito (trumpet), Linda Broncesky (horn), Ian Cowie (trombone), Marc Bonang (tuba), Graham Hargrove (percussion), Nicolas Coulter (percussion), Lydia Adams (conductor) 04:00 AM Elfrida Andrée (1841-1929) Concert Overture in D major BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra, Chloé van Soeterstèd (conductor) 04:12 AM Rhona Clarke (b.1958) A Song for St Cecilia's Day Danish National Vocal Ensemble, Marcus Creed (conductor) 04:18 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Lied (Lenau): Larghetto; Wanderlied: Presto Op 8 nos 3 & 4 Sylviane Deferne (piano) 04:24 AM Barbara Strozzi (1619-1677) "Begl'occhi, bel seno" Costumo de grandi for soprano, 2 violins and continuo Susanne Ryden (soprano), Musica Fiorita, Daniela Dolci (director) 04:31 AM Fanny Mendelssohn (1805-1847) Overture in C major Polish National Radio Symphony Orchestra, Katowice, Lionel Bringuier (conductor) 04:41 AM Francesca Caccini (1587-1640) Maria, dolce Maria - from Il primo libro delle musiche a una, e due voci Suzie Le Blanc (soprano), Tragicomedia, Stephen Stubbs (director) 04:44 AM Lili Boulanger (1893-1918) Psalm XXIV, LB 36 'La terre appartient à l'Éternel' Ilker Arcayürek (tenor), Basler Madrigalisten, Babette Mondry (organ), Basel Symphony Orchestra, Ivor Bolton (conductor) 04:49 AM Cécile Chaminade (1857-1944) Flute Concertino, Op 107 Maria Filippova (flute), Ekaterina Mirzaeva (piano) 04:57 AM Vivian Fung (b.1975) Baroque Melting Bern Symphony Orchestra, Gemma New (conductor) 05:04 AM Ester Mägi (1922-2021) Ballad 'Tuule Tuba' (House of Wind) Tallinna Tehnikaülikooli Akadeemiline Meeskoor [Academic Male Choir of Tallinn T, Estonian Radio Symphony Orchestra, Arvo Volmer (conductor) 05:12 AM Augusta Holmès (1847-1903) Roland Furieux, Symphony after Ariosto BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Valentina Peleggi (conductor) 05:39 AM Leokadiya Kashperova (1872-1940) Piano Trio in A minor, Op Posth Gould Piano Trio 06:08 AM Ruth Gipps (1921-1999) Wind Sinfonietta, Op 73 BBC National Orchestra of Wales, Jonathan Bloxham (conductor) 06:26 AM Ethel Smyth (1858-1944) March of the Women Isabel Pfefferkorn (mezzo-soprano), Jenny Högström (soprano), Amadeus Wiesensee (piano)

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  1. Track
    Artist
  2. 1.
    Konzertsatz in F minor for piano and orchestra
    Konzertsatz in F minor for piano and orchestra
    Clara Schumann
  3. 2.
    Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 32
    Symphony no 1 in C minor, op 32
    Louise Farrenc
  4. 3.
    Quartet for strings in F major
    Quartet for strings in F major
    Valborg Aulin
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